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                                       The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                           
                                   today was not written for publication and is not binding                                           
                                   precedent of the Board.                                                                            
                                                                                              Paper No. 15                            
                                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                          
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                                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                            
                                                     AND INTERFERENCES                                                                
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                                                   Ex parte RAJARAO JAMMY                                                             
                                                   and JACK A. MANDELMAN                                                              
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                                                      Appeal No. 2002-2225                                                            
                                                      Application 09/295,132                                                          
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                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                 
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               Before WARREN, KRATZ and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                        
               WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                   
                                                 Decision on Appeal and Opinion                                                       
                       We have carefully considered the record in this appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134, including                        
               the opposing views of the examiner, in the answer, and appellants, in the brief, and based on our                      
               review, find that we cannot sustain the rejections of appealed claims 1 through 7, 18 and 19,1 all                     
               of the claims in the application, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Vuillermoz                       
               et al. (Vuillermoz) in view of the knowledge in the prior art acknowledged by appellants in the                        
               specification (page 1, lines 21-23).2                                                                                  
                       It is well settled that in order to establish a prima facie case of obviousness under                          

                                                                                                                                     
               1  See the appendix to the brief and the amendment of April 5, 2001 (Paper No. 8).                                     
               2  Answer, pages 3-4.                                                                                                  

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